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Manage No PI00004462 Country Myanmar Year 2014-08-16 ICH Domain Performing Arts, Traditional craft skills
| Description | Larchit means the orphan and Phyili does the flute. So, the compound words of LarchitPhyili stands for the orphan's flute. In the ancient time, there was an orphan. He had a chicken. One day, his chicken died. He discovered a sentimental melody through blowing a hole of a thigh of his dead chicken. The LarchitPhyili bamboo flute derived from that chicken thigh flute. Cut a Marbarlar bamboo in desired measure and bore the number one, two and three holes of the fingerboard parting one inch each among them with a heated sharp iron. The mouth-hole is bored at the other end of the flute. A sheath is put on the top of the flute to make a better sound. Blow the mouth-hole maneuvering the holes of fingerboard with fingers. The traditional melodies or the melodies of guitar can be blown with it. -1.1 feet in length -1 inches in circumference -1.5 inches in length of top sheath -5 inches in length from the mouth-hole to the hole of fingerboard -5 inches interval between fourth and fifth holes of fingerboard | ||
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| Place | Hsadone Township, Kachin state | File Size | 131KB |
| Definition | 1320 X 880 | File Format | PNG |
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